There are 3.2 jobs in Sharon Center for every working resident, and 1,305 people commute in
Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns. Employers in Sharon Center report 1,315 jobs, against 411 working residents. For jobs and income Sharon Center is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sharon Center and work: the main findings
Sharon Center has far more jobs than workers
Sharon Center has 1,315 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, 80% more than the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Sharon Center makes and builds things
76% of the jobs based in Sharon Center are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sharon Center residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Sharon Center workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 411 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Sharon Center earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($110,500, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.2%) is left out: Sharon Center’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sharon Center could be anywhere from A to A+.
In and out of Sharon Center on a workday
On a workday 401 residents head out to work and 10 work right here.
About 2,000 people are in Sharon Center on a workday afternoon, 80% more than live here.
3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 76% of work in Sharon Center
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharon Center, 2013 → 2023: 1,089 → 1,315. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sharon Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Sharon Center: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharon Center workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 396 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the people who work in Sharon Center live
Where Sharon Center clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where in the region Sharon Center works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Sharon Center, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 450 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Sharon Center households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sharon Center’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sharon Center next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 46th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| 45 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 47 | Randolph AFB TX | 1,240 | $113K | 2.8% | 3.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 48 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Brooklyn Heights OH | 1,471 | $97K | 3.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sharon Center, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sharon Center: questions
What is the median household income in Sharon Center?
$110,500 (±$36,763) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharon Center?
0.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharon Center?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sharon Center work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (15%, 11 mi), Cleveland (9%, 27 mi), Medina (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sharon Center walkable?
Sharon Center is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sharon Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sharon Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharon Center
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.